I have a problem with my xampp that's installed on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit.

After successfully installing my xampp server, I do get access to the lampp server which further indicates that the mysql database is running.

But when I click the xampp status, it's indicated the mysql database is deactivated. Also my phpmyadmin show this error:The server is not responding (or the local server's socket is not correctly configured).

This has been the problem with me for the past 72 hours and I am still struggling with how to make it activated?

How did you install server? Did you customize anything after setup? Provide more information about your installation process.
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NewBiLFeb 15 '14 at 6:01

Waw thanks for your input, now phpmyadmin is responding fine. It seems I have another constrain; I normally lunch my apache2 through this command:"/opt/lampp/lampp start" just of recent, I can't see the directive any more. the directive "/lampp" is no where to be seen? Also I search all roots but I can't see folder lampp on my ubuntu 12.04 laptop. If i try to reinstall the xampp it pups me the features are running fine but I can't able to lunch any of it. Any ideas appreciate.
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sedatMar 9 '14 at 22:18

I meet the same problem. I already tried the above two solutions.The terminal shows me "start: Job is already running: mysql" but when I check the status of MySQL in "localhost/xampp/index.php&quot;, it is still deactivated. How to fix it?
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Casper LiDec 28 '14 at 12:56

use command "kill" to stop the server process that working in background and try the above command again
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JOGOOLJan 7 at 20:47